Riders raring to race
Harcourt's new mountain bike park hosts its first major competitive mountain biking event this Sunday.
The Goldfields Winter Series is expected to bring up to...
Trains a disgrace
Is it too much to ask that a traveller on a train is able to see out the window?
Kyneton resident Rupert Dalley doesn't think...
Fiesta de Salsa!
Castlemaine may be a long way from Colombia but for local salsa dance instructor Camila Serrano that's no reason to leave the rhythms of...
Final years to change in pilot
Students in Gisborne will be among the first to trial a state government program that integrates apprenticeships and traineeships over a longer period with...
Sports precinct gains momentum
Macedon Ranges Shire Council is advocating for state and federal government support for a Regional Sports Precinct in New Gisborne.
Last week the council met...
Match 500 for a sport master
If, when he began playing junior footy for Macedon in 1981, Ray Tadd had listened to people who told him that he was "not...
Cash windfall boosts budget
Public submissions and an unexpected cash windfall of $465,000 in federal government grants has changed the shape of Macedon Ranges Shire Council's 2018/19 Budget...
Brigade calls on community
Langley-Barfold Fire Brigade volunteers are appealing for community assistance to replace their stolen support vehicle.
The Ford Ranger was found torched near Lake Eppalock in...
Comparing our crime stats
Mount Alexander Shire has a consistently higher crime rate per head of population than its Macedon Ranges Shire neighbour, the latest Crime Statistics Agency...
When less is more
In a world with a population forecast to hit 8.5 billion in just 12 years, the need to find more effective means of housing...
The Wiglesworth waste files
Castlemaine's Bill Wiglesworth is certainly not the only person calling for a container recycling desposit scheme in the state of Victoria.
But he may be...
Local organics co-op: an Aussie first
An Australian first in organic farming is blossoming at Harcourt with the formation of a unique local mixed organic farming co-operative.
Mount Alexander Fruit Gardens...
